Noted: Last year, a meta-analysis concluded that 3.2 grams a day of CLA “produces a modest loss in body fat.” The analysis, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, pooled results from 18 studies to conclude that subjects taking CLA lost an average of two-tenths of a pound of fat a week more than those taking a placebo.
“It’s not a wonder drug to make fat melt away from the body in a few weeks and drop 10 dress sizes,” says study author Leah D. Whigham, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. “What it is doing is resulting in a fat loss over time.”